Device for extracting bushings and the like



July 5, 1927.

C.D.THOMPSQN DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING BUSHINGS AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 6. 1926 Tyzompson INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Jul 5 1927.

7 c. o. THOMPSON DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING BUSHINGS AND THE LIKE FiledFeb/G. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 r J a INVENTOR 6:, Thompson Patented July 5, 1927.

I renew CHARLES 1). THOMPSON,

I [DEVICE roe nxrnnornve Application filed February The object of this invention is to provide means especially adapted for extracting a bushing from a bore, for removing a wristpin from a piston, for pulling a wheel from a shaft on which it is mounted, and for rforming oth rsimilar operations. Q

A further object is to provide for retaining the article from which the bushing or orther element is to be extracted, and to provide a threaded element adapted to, carry an end piece suitable for effecting the particular result desrred/ lVith the foregoing andother'objects in view, th invention consists in the novel contion, a 1 shows the devicein elevation;

2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig.1, not showing the piston and wrist-pin a is a vertical section thru the end p ill of the principal threaded element, a sleave being applied to the lower reduced i of said element;

5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1;

l ig. 6 is a perspective view of an element applied to the end of the principal screw, this element including a s'eeve or the like earring a disk member, so that the tool may be employed for clamping or bending purposes Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a cylindri- "al element having a central bore and heavy wall, and designed when suitably mounted, to provide a relatively heavy device for use in particular operations; and

8 is a view chiefly in vertical section showing an element applied to the end of the threaded member and having a lower split portion including a resiliently mounted finger or engaging device for contact with a bushing or the like to be removed from the element in which it was originally mounted.

The bar 10 constitutes a channel element, having the cross-section shown in Fig. 5, and the end portions each being provided with a series of apertures, these apertures being shown by way of illustration at 11. The bar 1.0 is also provided with an internally threaded bore at 12, and a principal screw 13 passes the drawings forming part of this ornonivoxa vmernm. I

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thru the bore and engages the threads thereof."

Screw 13 is controlled by means of'a lever '14 passing freely thru a transverse bore in the head 15 formed on'or carried by the '4 Screw 13. v

The barv or leaver 14 is provided with a permanently mounted head 16 atone end, and with a detachable head 17 at the opposite end; and it will be understood that the lever age exerted by barl l may be varied, by sliding the bar thru head 15, sothatone end will be longer than the other end. V Arms 18 and 19 are provided respectively with hook portions18 and 19, the hook portions extending toward each other, and the upperends of arms 18 and 19 project between v the sides of the channel'element 10, and are secured by thumb-bolts or the. like. passing thru apertures 11, and having threaded engagement with bar 10. The thumb-bolts are designated 20, and they may be shifted as desired, along the bar with which theare connected.

Ears,"such as 22, project from the outersides of arms 18 and19, and tie rods 23 are conne'cted'with the ears,and also connected with turnbucklesfl l, the latter: having connection by means of tie rods 25 with bar 10. The connections for the tie rods may. also be effected by means of thumb bolt-s.

The bar 28, shown in Fig. 2, includes spaced ears 29 forming forked ends adapted to straddle the bars 18 and 19 and to be connected therewith by means clamping screws or bolts 30. The bar 28 is therefore slidable vertically with reference to arms 18 and 19, and is providedwith an enlarged central portion 31 having an opening 32 therein thru which an element being removed from a bore in another device may drop and be discharged when loosened from its seat.

In the section of Fig. 3, I have shown as applied to the middle portion of bar 28, a saddle member or the like designated 33, and curved as shown at 3 1 for engagement with a cylindrical object, such as a pistonfrom which it may be desired to extract a wrist-pin. Connected with element 33 and extending downwardly therefrom are. ears 36, adapted for connection with the enlarged portion 31, by means of set-screws or i the like shownat 37.

In Fig. 1, I have shown by way of illustration, a piston 40 from which a wrist-pin 4:1 is to be extracted. In this instance, screw 13 has applied thereto, and especially to the reduced end 414 thereof, an element having a central bore and having the reduced end portion 46, so that a shoulder is provided at 47 for engagement with the upper end of the wrist-pin. In Fig. l the reduced end 4% of element 13 passes thru a sleeve a5, and the device acts as in Fig. l. The devices of Figs. 6 and 7 may be used in .other types of operations, these sleeves being marked 45 and 45", respectively, in these views, and the device shown in Fig. 8, includes a lower split portion for engagement with a bushing from the inner end thereof, and in the manner illustrated.

In this view (Fig. 8) the spindle car ries a head 51 having a central bore for en gagement with the reduced end of the screw 13. A finger 52 has a beveled end 53 engaging the undercut wall 54, and a screw 55 limits the movement of the finger, which is thrown outwardly by spring 56 mounted as illustrated, the lower end of the finger engaging the. bushing 58 in the manner shown, which bushing may then be forced out in an obvious manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a device of the class described, a main bar, a screw threaded therethru, means for mounting the work, and a tool to be carried by the lower end of the screw, said tool including a spindle having a lower cutaway portion and having an undercut shoulder adjacent to the cutaway portion, a resiliently mounted finger extending from the lower end of the spindle into the undervices projecting on opposite, sides ofthe transverse element and adprstablyconnect ed therewith.

3. In a device of the class deser1bed, an inverted channel bar having a central portion with an opening therein, a screw threaded thru the opening, spaced arms adapted to extend at an angle withthe channel bar and having their ends projecting thereinto, means for connecting these ends with the channel bar in various positions with reference to the screw, longitudinally extensible means for bracing the spaced arms, these arms having lateral extensions projecting toward each other, a transverse bar adapted to engage these extensions and slidable with reference to the spaced arms, a saddle carried by the transverse bar, said bar last named and saddle havings openings therethru in registration,

and a tool carried by the screw in alinement with the registering openings.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES D. THOMPSON. 

